In Spite of Severe Repression, People are United in Protests
| |

In Spite of Severe Repression, People are United in Protests

Sandeep Pandey, Anandi Pandey    At New Delhi’s Jamia Millia University if one visits the library it may appear as if a pitched battle was fought here. Almost all glasses have been broken by tear gas shells or stun grenades and furniture has been vandalised. And this was in response to some peaceful protests outside…

Largest Ever Strike in India Shakes Up Modi Govt

Largest Ever Strike in India Shakes Up Modi Govt

Subodh Varma    India woke up on January 8, to witness the largest ever strike with an estimated 25 crore (250 million) workers, employees, farmers and rural labourers stopping work and hitting the streets to protest against the Modi government’s economic policies and divisive politics.   Reports coming in from various states indicate that the…

Battle for India’s Soul: A Century-Long Struggle Against the Mahatma’s Vision 
| |

Battle for India’s Soul: A Century-Long Struggle Against the Mahatma’s Vision 

Harsh Mander    A hundred years have passed since a battle was launched for the soul of this ancient land. At stake was the country we would together build after the British left our shores.   This was the time when Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa to join India’s freedom struggle. In his leadership…

It’s Time to Tell Amit Shah and Narendra Modi, ‘Hum Sab JNU’
| |

It’s Time to Tell Amit Shah and Narendra Modi, ‘Hum Sab JNU’

Siddharth Varadarajan   Let us set aside the anger and revulsion, disbelief, helplessness and perhaps even fear that many of you would have felt over Sunday night’s events at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and let us also postpone the question of who those masked thugs were that beat up students and faculty, and destroyed public property…

World’s 500 Richest People Gained $1.2 Trillion in Wealth in 2019
| | |

World’s 500 Richest People Gained $1.2 Trillion in Wealth in 2019

Jake Johnson   The 500 richest people in the world, all of whom are billionaires, gained a combined $1.2 trillion in wealth in 2019, further exacerbating inequities that have not been seen since the late 1920s.   That’s according to a new Bloomberg analysis published last week, which found that the planet’s 500 richest people…

New Govt in Argentina Passes Measures to Alleviate Socio-Economic Crisis
|

New Govt in Argentina Passes Measures to Alleviate Socio-Economic Crisis

Tanya Wadhwa   The new Argentinian President Alberto Fernández, within 13 days of assuming office, has taken a number of measures to reverse the socio-economic crisis created by the previous right-wing government of Mauricio Macri. The new President, who hails from the Frente de Todos (Front for All), a coalition of center-left parties, took office…

Venezuela: Social Program Delivers 3 Million Homes
|

Venezuela: Social Program Delivers 3 Million Homes

Courtesy: Telesur   Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro announced on January 2, 2020 that the Venezuelan Great Housing Mission achieved its 2019 goal by completing the delivery of 3 million dwellings to the Bolivarian people as planned.   “Despite the imperialist economic, trade and financial blockade, which robbed us of so many resources in 2019, the…

Six Numbers the Modi Government Did Not Want You to Know in 2019
|

Six Numbers the Modi Government Did Not Want You to Know in 2019

Jahnavi Sen   The Narendra Modi government wants to know all about us—where we and our parents were born, where we live, what we do, details of our family members, our mobile numbers and so on. For a country of more than 133 crore people, that is a massive (and massively expensive) exercise. But the…

The Most Important Decade in Human History Starts Now
|

The Most Important Decade in Human History Starts Now

Bharat Dogra The year that dawns on January 1 2020 is no ordinary year. Several leading scientists and scientist groups have repeatedly said that the life-nurturing conditions of our planet are badly threatened. Due to a number of factors this year is going to be a very important year if time-bound solutions of this survival…